Medicine-card.



A. E. AlNsLl-E. MEDICINE CARD. APPLICATIQN FILED FEB. 15| 19H3- 9,96.,Patented Mar. 27, 1917.-

ATTORNEYS rib,

MEDICINE-GARD.

Application filed. February 15, 1916.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, ALBERT E. AINsLm, a citizen of the United States,and a resi'- dent of Brashear, in the county of JAdair and State ofMissouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Medicine-Cards,of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention is an improvement in medi cine cards, and the invention hasfor its object to provide a card of the character specified, havingmeans for permitting the same to be hung up on the wall of a sick room,wherein the card is provided with a scale representing the divisions oftime, and a series of marking means or .indicators for cooperating withthe scale to indicate certain predetermined hours or other divisions oftime7 the said indicators being distinguished from each other bydifference in color or the like to represent different medicines to begiven, and wherein the card and the indicators have cooperating meansfor permitting the indicators to be supported at predetermined points ofthe scale.

ln the drawings Figure l is a perspective view of the card in use, and

Fig. 2 is a front view of the card.

The present embodiment of the invention comprises a card which may bemade ot' any suitable material, as for instance, paste board, paper,Celluloid or sheet material of any character, the said card comprising arectangular portion 1 having a substantially triangular extension 2 atits top, the eXtension being integral with the body or rec tangularportion 1, and having at its apeX an opening 3 for engaging a nail 4, orthe like, to support the card in a position where it may be easilyconsulted.

rllhe card is provided with a longitudinally extending slot or passage5, near the top of the rectangular portion 1 and parallel with thebottom edge of the said portion, and a scale is arranged on the front.tace of the card just below this passage or slot. 'This scale 6 asshown, is formed by vertical lines spaced apart at equal distances fromeach other and of varying lengths to distinguish different divisions oftime.

ln the present instance, the scale has twelve (12) primary sub-divisionsrepresenting the twelve hours of a half day, and each et these primarysubdivisions is di Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 27, 1917.

Serial No. 78,414.

vided into two secondary sub-divisions representing the half hours, andthe lines on the scales designating the half hours are about half thelength of the lines designating the hours.

Each of the secondary subdivisions is divided into two tertiarysub-divisions representing the quarter hours, and at each of the linesdesignating the primary subdivisions a numeral is arranged, the saidnumeral being interposed in the length oi' the line as shown. The lowerside edge of the passage or slot 5 is formed intol teeth or is notchedas indicated at 8, at each of the lines forming the scale and theindicators to be described are arranged to cooperate with the notches orteeth to indicate the hours when medicine is to be administered.

The card 1-2 is provided near its lowerA cord being tied in the openingas shown. A

The cords are of dilferent colors, the cord 10 in the present instancebeing green, the cord 11, blue and the cord 12, red, and each of thecords is provided at its free end with a weight 13 in the form of a ballor the like, for holding the cord taut.

rlhe cords are of such length that any cord will extend from the opening9 to the opposite ends of the slot or passage 5, and will pass throughthe said slot or passage from rear to front and will depend below thelower edge of the card at the front. Since each ot' the lines formingthe scale .has a notch or recess at its upper end it will be obviousthat when the cords are engaged with the notches or recesses asindicated in Fig. 2, the cord in front of the card will hang directlyabove the line at the notch or recess.

The cords extend from the opening 9 in rear of that portion of the cardbelow the slot or passage 5 through the said slot or passage and belowthe lower edge of the card. The cords may be engaged with any notch orrecess merely by lifting up the cord and moving it to the proper notch.Each cord is designed to represent a particular medicine to be given atpredetermined intervals, and when the dose of medicine represented byany particular cord orindicator has beengiven the cord will be moved tothe notchrepresenting the sub-divisions ottime several packages beingdifferently colored and of the same color as the several indicators.Forinstance, the'ribbon on the package 14: might be green, that of thepackage 15 blue and that of thepackage 16 red. It for instance .theVmedicine in the pack.- age 14 is to belgiven every four hours, that inthe package 15 every haltI hour and that in the package 16 every hourthe cord or indicator'lQ lwill be arranged on'the hour mark.

' It the nurse for instance should come-on duty at one oclock theindicator 12 would beplaced after the one oclock dose on the linedesignated by the numeral 2,*and each time that the medicine isadministered the indicator will be moved to the succeeding hour.

In the same manner the indicators'lO and 11 will be used, the indicator10 being moved four primary sub-divisions at each administration ofmedicine represented by the indicator. ,The indicator 11 would be movedone secondary sub-division for each ldose administered. While it isObviousthatany number of cords or indicators might be used in connectionwith the card, as a rulethree will be sufficient.

The nurse or other person in charge can determine at a glance the timefor admistering medicine and also determine at a glance whether or notany particular medicine orany particular dose of medicine has 4o beenomitted.

I claim:-

A device of the character specified, comprising a card having means lforpermitting the same t0 be suspended and having a lon- 415 gitudinallyextending slot or passage, said slot or passage being horizontal whenthe card is suspended and the card having a scale below the slot orpassage and the lower wall of the said slot or passage being 50 notchedor recessed at each indication of the sca-le, said card having anopening at its center and near its lower edge and a series of cords ofdiHerent colors tied at one end in the opening and provided at the otherend with a weight and of a length to extend upwardly from the openingbehind the card through the slot or passage and with the weightdepending below the card at the front thereof. r

ALBERT E. ANSLIE. 'Witnesses J. S. SIMLER, R. M. PICKELL.

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